I actually want to hear from a modern, educated muslim's point of view about freedom of lifestyle and freedom to live one's own life without being judged by everybody. So yes, please answer.
I am not judging anyone. My point is there is nothing wrong with seeking virginity contrary to what the article is suggesting towards the end. And I am trying to say why there's nothing wrong with seeking virginity. If people are gonna do it, go ahead, I honestly couldn't care less. Really, I don't.
As for why it's more than just superficial. To me personally it shows patience, it shows the desire to be with one person you love(and tends to work out), etc. A relationship where you have sex before marriage pretty much never lasts long.
What about having children before marriage? That's another big point as it is statistically proven that children from single mother homes are far more likely to not go to college, far more likely to drop out of high school, far more likely to go to prison, etc.
Having sex before marriage is also not healthy.
Also, people tend to get hurt far more often with this than in being virgin and then getting married. This 14 year old white girl I know, she was in a relationship, lost her virginity to a guy. Guy left her and she was devastated. You would have to know her to see how bad she felt. She said she cried several times a day, was very depressed and wanted the guy back.
I asked her why are you so upset? It's just one guy. You can get another one. She said "I lost it to him". Her first answer. No doctoring of her answer from me, exact words she said. She said was she loved him so much, etc, and that she will love him forever and do anything to get back to him. She also said there's plenty of other girls like this who don't talk about it with most people.
So those are some of the reasons. Personally I have a hard time putting my thoughts into words on this one. It's just something in my mind I have a hard time converting to words.
As for my overall thoughts, I will say again. If you want to do it, go ahead, I am not gonna judge you. Best of luck. But please, don't tell me it's wrong to seek virginity.